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The Better Angels of Our Nature: The Decline of Violence in History and Its Causes
Steven Pinker
'The most inspiring book I've ever read' Bill Gates, 2017'A brilliant, mind-altering book ... Everyone should read this astonishing book' Guardian'Will change the way you see the world' Daily MailShortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize 2012Wasn't t...
Bowling Alone
Robert D. Putnam
Once we bowled in leagues, usually after work -- but no longer. This seemingly small phenomenon symbolizes a significant social change that Robert Putnam has identified in this brilliant volume, Bowling Alone , which The Economist hailed as "a prodi...
How to Invent Everything: Rebuild All of Civilization (With 96% Fewer Catastrophes This Time)
Ryan North
***One of BBC Focus magazine's top books of 2018***Get ready to make history better... on the second try.Imagine you are stranded in the past (your time machine has broken) and the only way home is to rebuild civilization yourself. But you need to do...
Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation
Steven Johnson
Where do good ideas come from? And what do we need to know and do to have more of them? In Where Good Ideas Come From, Steven Johnson, one of our most innovative popular thinkers, explores the secrets of inspiration. Steven Johnson has spent twenty ...
Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do
Studs Terkel
A Pulitzer Prize winner interviews workers, from policemen to piano tuners: “Magnificent . . . To read it is to hear America talking.” —The Boston Globe  A National Book Award Finalist and New York Times bestseller   Studs Terkel’s classic oral hist...